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Peace Calendar for June 29, 2006

4/15 to 7/4, museum hours, Exhibit: Nazi Olympics, Berlin 1936, showing use
of Games for military training, pageantry, propaganda, MN Historical
Society. 345 Kellogg Blvd, St Paul.  651-296-6126.

now through 7/8, Haiti art sale for What If? Foundation, Jungle Red Salon,
1362 LaSalle Ave, Mpls.  biego001 [at] umn.edu or 612-388-2542.

6/16 to 7/6, Al Gore's well-reviewed documentary on global warming "An
Inconvenient Truth," LagoonTheater, Mpls.  www.landmarktheatres.com

Friday, 6/30, 12:30 pm, Mpls U.S. House candidate Keith Ellison hosts Rev.
Jesse Jackson, North Commons Park, 1801 James Ave, Mpls.
www.keithellison.org

Friday, 6/30, 4:15 to 5:30 pm, Palestine Solidarity Coalition demonstration,
Summit & Snelling Aves, St Paul.  (Considering the massive invasion and
suffering in the past few days, you might want to attend this regular vigil
this week.)

6/30 to 7/1, Project Earth, a convergence between music concert, rainbow
gathering and political and social justice alchemy, Geneva, MN.
www.wookiefoot.com/Project Earth/home.cfm

Saturday, 7/1, 9 am, vigil for peace in honor of Bruce Berry, recently
injured in an electrical accident, Penn Ave N over I-394.
www.worldwidewamm.org

Saturday, 7/1, 10 to 11:30 am, homeless Veterans for Peace meeting,
Peacehouse, 510 E Franklin, Mpls.  Wayne at 651-774-4008.

Saturday, 7/1, 4 to 6 pm, National Lawyers Guild fundraiser for NLG member
Keith Ellison for his campaign for US Congress, Midtown Global Market, 920 E
Lake St, Mpls. Questions to Peter Brown, 612-824-6533 or volunteer at
www.KeithEllison.org or 612-522-4416.

Saturday, 7/1, 6:30 pm, free film "Loose Change," about unanswered 9/11
questions, Black Dog Cafe, 308 Prince St (across from Farmers' Market in
Lowertown), St Paul.  651-633-4410.

7/4 and 7/5, 10 am to 9 pm, 300 empty National Guard combat boots as part of
American 
Friends Service Committee's Eyes Wide Open exhibit, Leif Erickson Park,
Duluth.  jnewcomb [at] css.edu

Tuesday, 7/4, march with Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace in 4th of July
parade,  assemble #:30 at Central Lakes college staging area (entry #53),
parade at 4, potluck afterward.  www.brainerdpeace.org

Tuesday, 7/4, 2:30 pm, protest the racist anti-immigrant "Minutemen" at the
MN State Capitol, St. Paul.  Bring drums, whistles, noise-makers.
www.mnimmigrantrights.net

Tuesday, 7/4, 7 pm,  Peace Is Patriotic concert with Sara Thomsen, Joe
Paulik and Cindy Gritzmacher, Peace Church UCC, 1111 N 11th Ave E, Duluth.
anathothcommunityfarm.org

Wednesday, 7/5, 7 to 11 pm, film "Tiny Explosions," about conflict between
hope and status quo in Mpls, at Cinema and Civics at Stevens Square Park,
1801 Stevens Ave, Mpls.  lisafink [at] hotmail.com

Wednesdays, 7/5 and 7/12, plus Thursday, 7/27, 7 pm, living legend activist
Marv Davidov presents "One son sits in the streets, the other cleans them"
1-man show of comedy and drama, Bryant Lake Bowl, Bryant & Lake St, Mpls.
The wonderful McDonald sisters opens the first show.  $12.  Reservations at
612-825-8949.

7/5 to 8/30, Wednesdays 7 to 9:15 pm, basic training in Nonviolent
Communication, sliding scale up to $180, 3248 - 15th Ave S, Mpls.
margaritaemac [at] netscape.net or 612-729-1699

7/6 to 7/9, Midwest Social Forum (previously known as RadFest), U of
W-Milwaukee Student Union, Milwaukee.  www.mwsocialforum.org

7/7 to 7/14, film "Road to Guantanamo" about prisoners held at US base in
Cuba without charges or lawyers for years, Lagoon Theater, Uptown Mpls.
www.landmarktheaters.com

Saturday, 7/8 10 am to noon, WAMM book club discusses "Theocracy" by Kevin
Phillips, 2615 Park Ave, Mpls.  rabbas [at] usinternet.com

Saturday, 7/8, 5:30  and 7 pm, Antiwar Committee fundraising dinner for
Colombia delegation with Asian grilled delicacies.  FFI: awcmere [at] 
hotmail.com
or website www.antiwarcommittee.org

Sunday, 7/9, 6 pm, chapter 27 Veterans for Peace, St. Stephens school
basement, 2123 Clinton Ave S, Mpls.  612-841-9141.

Sunday, 7/9, 8 pm, Voices of Sepharad presents "Peace in the House" with
music, dance, poetry and folktale of North Africa and the Middle East,
showing intertwined relationship of Sephardic Jews, Muslims and Christians,
$10, Hamline University Anne Simley Theater, St. Paul.  651-523-2240.
 
Monday, 7/10, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, Every Church a Peace Church potluck dinner
with Steve McKeown and Jim Steinhagen telling of spiritual journey from
soldier to peace activist, Plymouth Presbyterian Church, 3755 Dunkirki Lane,
Plymouth.

Monday, 7/10, 7 pm (and each month's 2nd Monday), Network of Spiritual
Progressives meets, Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet, Mpls.
brucelissem [at] aol.com

7/11 to 8/29, Tuesdays 10 am to noon, basic training in Nonviolent
Communication, sliding scale up to $180, 3248 - 15th Ave S, Mpls.
margaritaemac [at] netscape.net or 612-729-1699

Wednesday, 7/12, 7 pm,  (and every 2nd Wednesday), Red Wing (#115) Vets for
Peace at home of Charles Nicolosi.  tuvecino [at] redwing.net

Wednesday, 7/12, 7 pm, Parsis Karim reads from anthology "Let Me Tell You
Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora," The Loft,
1011 Washington Ave S, Mpls.  612-215-2585.

Wednesday, 7/12, 8 pm to close, Antiwar Committee salsa send-off for
Colombia delegation, $6 cover, La Bodega, corner Lake and Lyndale, Mpls.
www.antiwarcommittee.org

Wednesday, 7/12, Cinema & Civics at Stevens Square Park, on theme of "Who
are our Vecinos?," event starts at 7, film "A Day Without Mexicans" at dusk,
1801 Stevens Ave, Mpls.  lisafink [at] hotmail.com

Friday, 7/14, 7:30 pm, Mizna journal release party and reading, Coffman
Union Bookstore, U of M, 300 Washington Ave SE, Mpls.  www.mizna.org

7/14 to 7/20, film "Who Killed the Electric Car?," documentary about those
who loved it and the company that made it and compacted them in the desert
(GM), Lagoon Theater, Uptown Mpls.  www.landmarktheaters.com

Sunday, 7/16, 3 pm, Youth against War and Racism presents David Zieger's
film about the antiwar movement during Vietnam war "Sir No Sir!," $5, May
Day Books, 301 Cedar Ave S, Mpls. 612-333-4719.

Sunday, 7/16, 8 pm, Jawaahir Dance Theater presents "Crimes and Whispers: A
Tango of Despair and Defiance," 1940 Hennepin Ave, Mpls. $20 ($10 goes to
WAMM), reserve by 7/12.  612-827-5364.

Monday, 7/17, 6:30 pm, free film "Loose Change," about unanswered 9/11
questions, Maplewood Library, 1670 Beam Ave, Maplewood.  651-633-4410.

Monday, 7/17, 6:30 pm, free movie "Paperclips," about the meaning of
millions dead in the Holocaust, St Joan of Arc Church, Hospitality Hall,
4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls. www.worldwidewamm.org

Tuesday, 7/18, 7 pm, Michael Fanti's documentary of his trip to Iraq, Israel
and Palestine "I Know I Am Not Alone," Bryant-Lake Bowl, 810 W Lake St,
Mpls. $5. 

Wednesday, 7/19, 7 pm, internationally known flautist Wissam Boustany offers
benefit for Friends for a Nonviolent World, Sundin Hall, Hamline Univ, St
Paul.  651-917-0383.

Wednesday, 7/19, Cinema & Civics at Stevens Square Park, an evening of work
by artists with disabilities, including film "When Billy Broke His Head" and
other Interact films, at dusk,  1801 Stevens Ave, Mpls.
lisafink [at] hotmail.com

Sunday, 7/23, 3 to 6 pm, Peace First potluck picnic/celebration, Dunning Rec
Center (just off 94 and w. of Lexington), 1221 Marshall Ave, St Paul.
www.peaceintheprecincts.org

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            VIGILS

Every Sunday, noon to 1 pm, peace vigil at Summit and Snelling, St Paul.
651-699-8655.

Every Sunday, 4 to 5 pm, Peace vigil at 66th and York Ave. S, Edina.  FFI:
Vicki 952-835-8687.

Every Monday, 4:15 to 5:15 pm, Vigil in downtown White Bear Lake at
intersection of Highway 61 and 4th Street.  FFI: www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Tuesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Peace vigil at 98th St. and Lyndale,
Bloomington.  952-831-4276.

Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm (all year), east end of Franklin bridge over the
Mississippi River, Mpls. carolynbelle [at] pressenter.com

Every Wednesday, 7 to 8 a.m., Vigil at Alliant Tech, 5050 Lincoln, Edina. 
FFI: www.circlevision.org/alliantaction.html

Every Wednesday, 4 to 5 pm, Peace walk, carrying signs in both directions
from the corner of Hwy 241 and Co Rd 19 (across from St. Michael's Church),
St. Michael.  FFI: regofam [at] earthlink.net

Every Wednesday, 4:45 to 5:45, Grandmothers for Peace vigil, 50th and
Halifax, Edina (just west of France). www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Wednesday, 5 to 6 pm (changes 5/31), Vigil to end the occupation of
Iraq, Lake/Marshall bridge over the Mississippi.  www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Wednesday, 4:30-5:30 pm, Peace vigil over footbridge at 85th Ave N and
Hwy 252, Brooklyn Park FFI 763-566-8255

Every Wednesday, 6 pm, peace vigil at signal light on Hwy 169, Belle Plaine.
JoAnne, 952-873-3315

Every Thursday, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Vigil in front of Lockheed Martin, NW
corner of Pilot Knob Road and Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan.  FFI:
skograce [at] mtn.org 

Every Thursday, 5 pm, Peace vigil at the SE corner, intersection Co. Hwy 10
and University Ave NE, Blaine (the SE corner).  EKalamboki [at] aol.com

Every Friday, noon to 1 pm, Anti-Recruitment vigil ³Our Children Are Not
Cannon Fodder,² off Oak St and Washington Ave, East Bank of U, Minneapolis,
612-379-4716. 

Every Friday, 4:15 to 5:30 p.m., Vigil to end the occupation of Palestine,
Snelling and Summit, St. Paul.  steichenfm [at] usfamily.net

Every Friday, 4:30, Red Wing Alliance for Peace sponsors a vigil at John
Rick park, Red Wing, followed by potluck and discussion on alternate weeks.
tuvecino [at] redwing.net

Every Friday, 5 to 6 pm, Chisago City gathering for peace (chat, sing, run
around with the kids, share food), Moberg Park, Chisago City.
AARONWOODJW [at] aol.com

Every Friday, 5 to 6 pm, peace vigil at Lagoon and Hennepin, Uptown Mpls. 
FFI: WAMM. 

Every Friday, J. Rich Park, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Peace vigil, Hwy. 61 and West
Avenue, RedWing.  sherlev [at] redwing.net

Every Saturday, 9 am, Peace walk, Fern and Hwy. 95, Cambridge.  (8 block
walk) ytpsund [at] yahoo.com

Every Saturday, 10 to 11 am, peace vigil at corner of Bridge and River St,
Chippewa Falls, WI.  FFI: lagoclam [at] aol.com or 715-726-0365.

Every Saturday, 1 to 3 pm, Vigil at Barnes and Noble, highways 15 and 23
(Division Street), St. Cloud.  FFI: Mnolde [at] CSBSJU.edu

Every Saturday, noon to 12:15, Vigil at Bridge Square (Division and 4th),
Northfield.  mcgrath1 [at] rconnect.com

(More vigils are listed at www.worldwidewamm.org  )